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Photoshopped Images, Scientific Fraud Derail Quest for Alzheimer’s Treatments
A reporter uncovers evidence that research fraud on a massive scale has hyped the potential benefit of expensive drugs aimed ...
Alzheimer’s researcher alleged to have doctored images is leaving UMN
A University of Minnesota neuroscientist suspected of doctoring images in a highly influential study of Alzheimer’s disease ...
University of Minnesota Alzheimer’s researcher accused of manipulating images resigns
A neuroscientist whose published research has been embroiled in accusations of image manipulation and duplication announced his resignation from the University of Minnesota, effective March 1. Sylvain ...
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7 groundbreaking Alzheimer’s disease discoveries
Alzheimer's disease is at the center of a revolutionary theory in neuroscience, where the mysteries of the human brain ...
A Promising New Biomarker Test Could Help Identify Alzheimer’s Risk Up To 10 Years Earlier
The biomarker test is a spinal tap test (also called a lumbar puncture) that uses a needle to remove cerebrospinal fluid (i.e ...
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A Scandal in Alzheimer’s Research Shows How Science Can Go Astray
Charles Piller, author of the new book Doctored, says the scientific community needs “to take a good hard look in the mirror.
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University of Minnesota Alzheimer’s researcher accused of manipulating images resigns
The U scientists theorized that a drug targeting the molecule could help people overcome the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s, an incurable disease ... said key images showed “signs of ...